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Provenance
Victoria and S.I. Newhouse Jr., New York (after 1985) . . .
Private collection (May 26, 1999)
Exhibitions
D'Arcy Galleries, New York, International Surrealist Exhibition, November 28, 1960–January 14, 1961, [not in brochure].
Museum of Modern Art, New York, International Council (organizer), Arshile Gorky Drawings, 1962–68, as "Scent of Apricots" (shown in Chicago only). Traveled to: Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, September 23–October 14, 1962; Chatham College, Pittsburgh, October 29–November 19, 1962; Watkins Institute, Nashville, January 9–30, 1963; Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri, February 7–28, 1963; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, March 15–April 5, 1963; Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia, April 22–May 13, 1963; Seibu Gallery, Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, July 26–August 11, 1963; Westmar College, LeMars, Iowa, September 2–23, 1963; Washington University, Saint Louis, October 4–25, 1963; Arts Club of Chicago, November 9–December 14, 1963 (as Drawings, Studies, Paintings by Arshile Gorky); Indiana University, Bloomington, January 2–23, 1964; Wells College, Aurora, New York, February 7–28, 1964; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, March 16–April 6, 1964; Jewish Museum, New York, April 21–June 30, 1964; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, July 6–August 5, 1964; Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, August 7–September 4, 1964; Amerika Haus, Berlin, September 11–October 6, 1964; Folkwangmuseum, Essen, Germany, October 15–November 15, 1964; York City Art Gallery, United Kingdom, December 5–30, 1964; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, January 6–February 13, 1965; Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, United Kingdom, February 20–March 6, 1965; City Art Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom, March 13–April 3, 1965; National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, April 10–May 1, 1965; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, May 27–June 27, 1965; Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 24–September 5, 1965; Museum des 20ten Jahrhunderts, Vienna, September 18–October 17, 1965; Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, November 23–December 23, 1965; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, January 22–February 13, 1966; Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden, March 5–April 1, 1966; Öffentliche Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, April 30–June 5, 1966; Galerija Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, June 21–July 10, 1966; Galerija Doma Omladine, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, October 6–16, 1966; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, April 2–May 15, 1967; Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires, November 29–December 23, 1967 (as Sobre papel: Obras de Arshile Gorky); Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, January 21–February 14, 1968; Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, March 21–April 5, 1968; Galeria Universitaria Aristos, Mexico City, May 3–June 5, 1968.
Art Institute of Chicago, 27th Annual Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary Art, April 11–May 21, 1967, as "Scent of Apricots in the Field".
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Selections from the Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, December 20, 1969–February 1, 1970, no. 29, ill. in b/w, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg: Paintings and Drawings from Chicago Collections, October 11–November 25, 1979, no. 11, ill. in b/w, pl. 3, p. 25, as "Scent of Apricots in the Fields".
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 243, ill. in color, p. 248, as "Scent of Apricots," dated 1947 [exhibited in New York only]. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, February 23–April 14, 1985, no. 64, fig. 51, ill. in color, p. 62; p. 110, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 122, ill. in color, p. 283; p. 390, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields," [exhibited in Philadelphia only]. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, February 10–May 3, 2010 (Gale 2010); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 6–September 20, 2010 (Gale 2010).
Hauser & Wirth, New York, Ardent Nature: Arshile Gorky Landscapes, 1943–47, November 2–December 23, 2017. (Exhibition catalogue: Spender and Devaney 2017).
Literature
Butler, Doris Lane. "Gorky Drawings Reveal Blend of Real and Unreal." Chicago Tribune, November 17, 1963, discussed, as "Scent of Apricots".
Schulze, Franz. "He Spoke the Abstract Idiom." Chicago Daily News, November 16, 1963, discussed, as "Scent of Apricots in the Field".
Levy, Julien. Arshile Gorky. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. Monograph, pl. 201, ill. in b/w, p. 225, as "Scent of Apricots," dated 1947.
"Scent of Apricots." Chicago Tribune, January 1, 1970, ill. in b/w, sec. 2, p. 1, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Rathbone, Eliza E. "Arshile Gorky: The Plow and the Song." In American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1978. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 48, ill. in b/w, p. 86, as "Scent of Apricots".
Goldman, Judith. "Collecting in Chicago: 'Love Affairs with Art.'" Artnews (New York) 78 (February 1979), discussed p. 48, as "Scent of Apricots in the Fields," [b/w photo, p. 47 of Joseph Shapiro standing in front of P274].
Chevrier, Jean-François. "Arshyle Gorky a New-York: L'Absence, les odeurs et les sons." Le Monde (Paris), July 11, 1981, discussed p. 17, as "L'Odeur des abricots".
Freedman, Adele. "An Artist's Descent into Death: Gorky's Early Years Were Chaotic, His Later Ones Were Even Worse." The Globe and Mail (Toronto), June 9, 1981, discussed p. 15, as "Scent of Apricots".
Sue, David, and Derald Wing Sue, and Stanley Sue. Understanding Abnormal Behavior. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981, ill. in b/w, pp. 236–37, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Jordan, Jim M. "The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: New Discoveries, New Sources, and Chronology." In The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue, by Jim M. Jordan and Robert Goldwater. New York and London: New York University Press, 1982, discussed p. 85, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Jordan, Jim M. "Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings." In The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue, by Jim M. Jordan and Robert Goldwater. New York and London: New York University Press, 1982, no. 274, ill. in b/w, pp. 424–25, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Sims, Lowery Stokes. "Wifredo Lam and Roberto Matta: Surrealism in the New World." In In the Mind's Eye: Dada and Surrealism, edited by Terry Ann R. Neff. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 30, ill. in color, p. 104, as "Scent of Apricots in the Fields".
Lader, Melvin P. Arshile Gorky. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. Monograph, fig. 82, ill. in color, p. 84, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Spender, Matthew. "Origines et développement de l'oeuvre dessiné de Arshile Gorky / Quellen und Entwicklung von Arshile Gorkys zeichnerischem Werk." In Arshile Gorky: Œuvres sur Papier, 1929–1947 / Arbeiten auf Papier, 1929–1947, edited by Erika Billeter. Lausanne: Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 18, ill. in b/w, p. 35, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Ash, John. "Arshile Gorky: How My Mother's Embroidered Apron Unfolds in My Life, 1944." Artforum (New York) 34 (September 1995), discussed p. 79, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Balakian, Peter. "Arshile Gorky and the Armenian Genocide." Art in America (New York) 84 (February 1996), discussed p. 109, as "The Scent of Apricots".
Tully, Judd. "Auction Reviews: Contemporary Art." Art & Auction (New York) 18, no. 6 (January 1996), discussed p. 89, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Thomas, Kelly Devine. "The Most Wanted Works of Art." Artnews (New York) (November 1, 2003), discussed, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
Theriault, Kim S. Rethinking Arshile Gorky. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009. Monograph, pl. 22, ill. in color; ill. in color (detail), cover; ill. in b/w (detail), p. 162, as "Scent of Apricots on the Fields".
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